Mustafa Erdoğar ( born in 1981, Eskişehir) who's completed his education in “Environmental Engineering” and “Department of Business”, continued his aquarium hobby with planted aquariums and became specialized by working on aquatic plant ecosystems in 2004. Early 2008, aquascaping works he saw, directed him to spend all his time and energy for this art joining with his visual skills and abilities. Mustafa Erdoğar's (who is jury member of international contests and has many articles and translations about aquariums, aquascaping and aquatic ecosystems) aquascapes was granted awards&certificates many times. In addition, he took an active role in designing many world-famous award winning aquascapes and contributed to spread aquascaping by getting on various media organs in Turkey and foreign countries through nonprofessional “ADist” group which was established by Mustafa Erdoğar and his aquascaper friends in 2010.

Mustafa Erdoğar has started to work with international aquarium and pond additives manifacturer “Reeflowers” as Art Director and Project Consultant since 2015. Now, beside working with Reeflowers; he is projecting natural designs, organising workshops, seminars and courses in collaboration with various companies in outland and inland.

Mr. Chow was the Grand Prize winner of ADA International Aquatic Plant Layout Contest 2007, the first ever Hong Kong person to receive such honour. Starting from 2003, he has been participated in IAPLC year after year, not just for the prizes, but also for the experience, as well as to spread the concept of aquascape being a piece of living art. He introduced "NA concept" to Hong Kong through his company and has been bringing positive influence to the traditional market. Mr. Chow will continue to put his utmost effort in introducing this "Living Art" to the world and hold the firm belief that it will one day become a widely recognised art form, just as painting or sculpturing.

Age: 56 years old
Location – City and Country: Hong Kong, PRC
Occupations: Project Manager

- More than fifteen years aquascaping experience with graphic design and photography background. Like to explore new idea on nature aquascaping.
- On 2006, Co-founder of a pineer aquascaper group Creative Aquascape Union
- On 2011 publish "Aquascape - A piece of Living Art" in English and Chinese version

Judge:
2015-18 IIAC Aquascaping Contest Judge
2011-2018 CBAP Brazilian Aquascaping Contest Judge
2011-2012 ROAPLC Russian Open Aquatic Plants Layout Contest Judge
2009-2011 ASE International Aquascaping Contest Judge
2011 Poland The Best Nature Aquarium's Design Judge
2009 France CAPA Judge

Achievement
2010 IAPLC 20th place, 2009 AGA (Extra Large) 3rd Place, 2008 AGA (Extra Large) 2nd Place, 2006 China CNFISH Aquascape Contest 1st Place, 2005 AGA (Medium) 3rd Place, IAPLC 30th place

Born in 1984, Lüleburgaz. Serkan Çetinkol who has been interested in aquarium hobby from his childhood, setup his first planted aquarium in 2004. In the following years, he performed many works with ADist group. He made attempts for development of aquascaping with seminars, magazine articles, interviews, workshops, shows, contest etc. International awards: Eastern European Planted (E.E.P.) Aquarium Design Contest 2013 1° -  IAPLC 2013 17° - IAPLC 2014 10° - AGA 2011 3° - AGA 2011 Honorable - Ibac 2011  3° - EAPLC 2015 7° - IIAC 2015 25° Experiences as jury member: Dennerle Scaper’s Contest, Dennerle Nano Contest, ADist 2012-2013

Today Serkan Çetinkol (who has a collection of aquatic moss more than 40 varieties), established www.mossdepo.com to continue his study in that field.

Lives in Hamburg/Germany with his girlfriend and daughter. He has started Aquascaping very late in 2012 and he immediately felt that was what he was missing all those years before. He was always interested in art and felt a huge love for nature, but it did not came into his mind to create a new artform which combines both passions.

Enterprises: • Founder of "Nordic Scapers Group" • Founder and Manager of "Aquariumdesign" • Founder of "Nordic Scapers Hardscape Challenge (NSHC)" • Founder of "Wabi Kusa Challenge (Now called Miniswamps)" • Founder of "Aquascaping Academy" • Co-Host at "simonsaquascapeblog.com"

Achievements: • Top Ten of Nano Category in "AGA Contest 2015" • Rank 1 at "EAPLC 2015" • Rank 4 at "EAPLC 2014" • Top Ten at "GAPLC 2013" • Rank 3 at "ASX2 Blog Fotocontest"

Jury: • IIAC 2016 • WAC 2016 • NSHC 2015&2016 • WBC 2016 • Austrian Aquascaping Awards 2016

Selçuk Durmaz from Turkey is an aquascaper for over 10 years and also is an international jury member of aquascaping. He is one of the founders of Aquascaping Turkish Team. He has many posts online in terms of the development of aquascaping in the country.

Some of the Aquascaping and Hardscape contests entries: CIAC(CIPS) 2021-2022 Ranking 3 , EHC 2019 Ranking -1 EHC 2021 Ranking 1 , RFLAC 2020 Ranking 1- RFLAC 2021 Ranking 5 , EAPLC 2020 Large Ranking 3- EAPLC 2021Large Ranking 2 , IIAC 2019 Ranking 18 - IIAC 2020 Ranking 7 , AGA 2021 Ranking Top 10

Contests as a jury member in 2023: 2023 RFLAC - Reeflowers Aquascaping Contest , 2023 KIAC - Korea International Aquascaping Contest , 2023 AIAC - Aquair International Aquascaping Contest

Aquascaper for over 10 years, Fabian Kussakawa from Brazil is also an international judge of aquascaping and was 3 times Brazilian champion and 3 times bronze in the Brazilian aquascaping championship, CBAP.

In 2019 he obtained expressive international placements such as the first place in the first world championship in Turkey (RFLAC) and two bronze medals, one from China (CIPS) and one from Taiwan (IIAC).

Fabian also conducts workshops, courses and lectures in the national and international territory. He is also the Ambassador of Prodibio. Below are some international placements during the 10 years of aquascaping.

RFLAC (TURKEY) 2019 1º CLIAC (CHINA) 2019 9º CIPS (CHINA) 2019 3º large tank CIPS (CHINA) 2019 6º nano tank IIAC (TAIWAN) 2019 3º IAPLC (JAPAN) 2019 30º AGA (USA) 2019 2º AGA (USA) 2018 7º IIAC (TAIWAN) 2015 18º AGA (USA) 2014 2º ROAPLC (RUSSIA) 2012 28º AGA (USA) 2013 1º AGA (USA) 2013 3º AGA (USA) 2011 2º AGA (USA) 2011 3º ASE (EUROPE) 2011 3º ASE (EUROPE) 2010 4º

National: CBAP (Brazil) 2019 3º (large tank) CBAP (Brazil) 2014 1º (nano tank) CBAP (Brazil) 2013 3º (nano tank) CBAP (Brazil) 2012 1º (nano tank) CBAP (Brazil) 2010 1º (nano tank) CBAP (Brazil) 2008 3º (nano tank)

Participations as Judge: KAA 2023 (Korea) AIAC 2023 (Indonesia) IIAC 2023 (Taiwan) AQSC 2023 (Spain) KAA 2022 (Korea) AIAC 2022 (Indonesia) IIAC 2022 (Taiwan) IIAC 2021 (Taiwan) PAC 2021 (Poland) IIAC 2020 (Taiwan) RONAC 2020 (Romania) COPAP 2020 (Brazil) PAC 2019 (Poland) RONAC 2019 (Romania) CPAQ 2019 (Brazil) AQUAJAYA 2018 (Indonesia) CPA 2017 (Brazil) CAPA 2015 (France) AAC 2015 (Thailand) COPAP 2014 (Brazil) CPAQ 2014 (Brazil) IBAC 2012 (Bulgaria) HAC 2012 (Hungary) AAC 2010 (Spain)

He has a doctorate in marine environment and marine biological engineering and is a scientist at a national research institute.

He started aquatic plant layout as a hobby in 2004, established the Korea Ornamental Fisheries Industry-Academic Research Council in 2005, and participated in numerous ornamental fish-related research. He led the founding of KAA(Korea Aquascape Association) in 2019 and planned KIAC(Korea International Aquascaping Contest) for the development and expansion of aquascape. He is currently active as an instructor specializing in ornamental fish training at various seminars and national educational institutions.

Contest performance was AGA Top 10, KAC 1 in 2020, ITAC 3, CBAP 3, AGA Top 10, IIAC 11 and RFLAC 6 in 2023 and is participating as a KIAC judge starting in 2022.

Timuçin Sağel (İstanbul born, 1980) began aquarium hobby in the 90's. His meeting with aquascaping came true by establishment of ADist group in 2010. Ensuing years, with successes like IAPLC 2011 - 16°, IAPLC 2012 - 15° IAPLC 2013 - 10°, AGA 2012 - Honorable (200-320L), AGA 2013 - 2° (200-320L), Ibac 2011 - 1°, Eastern European Planted (E.E.P.) Aquarium Design Contest 2013. - 3°, E.E.P. Aquarium Design Contest (referendum) 2013. - 1°, he is continuing his hobby with ADist group.

Piotr was born in 1975 and lives with his family in a beautifully situated part of Poland - the Masurian Lake District. He has a special passion for aquascaping and nature photography, which is shown through numerous contests he partook in, such as: AGA Aquascaping Contest, Scaper’s Tank Contest, The International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest, Ista IIAAC Contest, Planted Aquarium Design Contest and many more local ones.

What's more, in 2015 on the pages of "The Aquatic Gardener" Luca Galarraga made an interview with him on the subject of nature photography and its' uses in creating hardscapes.

Piotr also has experience in judging. Contests in which he was a part of the jury are as follows: Nordic Scapers Hardscape Challenge (NSHC), CAL Aqua Labs and roslinyakwariowe.pl (CALRA).

Ismael Aguilar from Spain has been an aquascaper for over 10 years and is also a member of an international aquascaping jury. He is one of the founders of the Spanish aquascaping contest (AQSContest) and is currently a member of the board of the Aquascaping Spain Association (AAS). He is always active in spreading the hobby both on networks and in different workshops in stores.

In these years he has achieved great results such as; 2018 1st WAC-Web Aquascaping Contest, 2019 1st Best Foreign Aquarium in CBAP, 2019 19th IIAC, 27th CIAC, 2020 1st Medium EAPLC, 3rd Reeflac, 2021 13th and 23rd IIAC, 3rd RFLAC, etc.

Finally, it should be noted that he is a member of the international jury at KIAC-Korea International Aquascaping Contest since 2022.